Day in Pictures, May 7, 2014

By By Mike Moffitt

on May 7, 2014 6:46 PM

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The bearded diva: Singer Conchita Wurst, representing Austria, performs "Rise Like a Phoenix" during a rehearsal for the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in the B&W Halls in Copenhagen. Wurst is also known by her birth name, Thomas Neuwirth. less

The bearded diva: Singer Conchita Wurst, representing Austria, performs "Rise Like a Phoenix" during a rehearsal for the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest in the B&W Halls in Copenhagen. Wurst is ... more

The democratic process in slow motion: South African voters wait in a long queue to vote at a polling station in the restive
Bekkersdal township. The country is holding its first general elections since the death of
Nelson Mandela. less

The democratic process in slow motion: South African voters wait in a long queue to vote at a polling station in the restive Bekkersdal township. The country is holding its first general elections since the ... more

Time running out for starving kids: Dangerously thin children sit on a bed at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. The U.N.'s food and security unit says 51,000 severely malnourished children are at high risk of death. Aid groups say only 12 percent of fund goals have been met and that more than $800 million is still needed. less

Time running out for starving kids: Dangerously thin children sit on a bed at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. The U.N.'s food and security unit says 51,000 severely malnourished children are at high ... more

Photo: Farah Abdi Warsameh, Associated Press

Time running out for starving kids: Dangerously thin children sit... Photo-6271622.85379 - GreenwichTime

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Moose on the loose: After touring Burlington's waterfront, exploring the University of
Vermont campus and browsing the textile mills, this young moose ambled down Winooski
Falls Way before disappearing into park land along the Winooski River. less

Moose on the loose: After touring Burlington's waterfront, exploring the University of Vermont campus and browsing the textile mills, this young moose ambled down Winooski Falls Way before disappearing ... more

Pepto pink in the Emerald Isle: A car promotes the Giro d'Italia in the village of
Cushendall, Northern Ireland. The leader of the bike race, which has three stages in Ireland this year, wears the coveted pink jersey. less

Pepto pink in the Emerald Isle: A car promotes the Giro d'Italia in the village of Cushendall, Northern Ireland. The leader of the bike race, which has three stages in Ireland this year, wears the coveted ... more

First quoll, hopefully not the last: This may be DIP's first spotted quoll, a small, furry marsupial
whose numbers are in dramatic decline in Australia's north. Feral cats could be the cause,
analysts say. less

First quoll, hopefully not the last: This may be DIP's first spotted quoll, a small, furry marsupial whose numbers are in dramatic decline in Australia's north. Feral cats could be the cause, analysts ... more

Photo: Peter Parks, AFP/Getty Images

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If it walks like a duck and claps like a duck, then it must be some guy in a duck costume at the Fulham-Stoke City English Premier League football match in Stoke on Trent.

If it walks like a duck and claps like a duck, then it must be some guy in a duck costume at the Fulham-Stoke City English Premier League football match in Stoke on Trent.

Photo: Rui Vieira, Associated Press

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ZooTube channel: An Amur tiger walks through a mesh passageway that allows big
cats to explore areas other than their enclosures at the Philadelphia Zoo. The zoo says the see-through walkway enriches both the animals and guests. less

ZooTube channel: An Amur tiger walks through a mesh passageway that allows big cats to explore areas other than their enclosures at the Philadelphia Zoo. The zoo says the see-through walkway enriches both ... more

Farming like the Industrial Revolution never happened: Frank Hunter drives his Belgian
draft horses Moon and Molly as he turns the soil on his Hillside Springs farm in
Westmoreland, N.H. Hunter runs his organic farm completely with horses, no tractors. less

Farming like the Industrial Revolution never happened: Frank Hunter drives his Belgian draft horses Moon and Molly as he turns the soil on his Hillside Springs farm in Westmoreland, N.H. Hunter runs his ... more

Geppetto turns tagger: A German street artist who calls himself Case painted a graffiti
mural of 16 Pinocchio puppets on the wood panels surrounding the construction site of the
new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfort. The bank gave its blessing to
the artwork. less

Geppetto turns tagger: A German street artist who calls himself Case painted a graffiti mural of 16 Pinocchio puppets on the wood panels surrounding the construction site of the new headquarters of the ... more

Wish Neil deGrasse Tyson was here to explain this: An image provided by the Illustris Collaboration shows dark matter density (left)
transitioning to gas density (right) in a simulation of the evolution of the universe
since the Big Bang. The new computer simulation reproduces features such as galaxy
distribution and composition more accurately than previous ones. less

Wish Neil deGrasse Tyson was here to explain this: An image provided by the Illustris Collaboration shows dark matter density (left) transitioning to gas density (right) in a simulation of the evolution of ... more